Lubricating device



July 7, 1925. 1,545,048

w. P. FLYNN LUBR IGATING DEVICE Filed Feb. 1924 To all-whom it tamer n,-f

,Be it known that I; WALTER P. FLY a r citizen of the Unitedr-{Statesyresiding at a. Redwood, Valley, in the county of Men-i. d'ocino, "State,of California, have invented arnew anduseful Lubricating Device; and 1..1 do hereby declare the following to bea fu1 l,-cle'a'r, andexact'descr'iption of the in- V ,vention; such as will enable"others'skilled in thej'V-art towhich it appertainsito make "anduseftliesame.)- The invention relates to {lubricating devices [forclutch collars disposed at the rear 5 end 7 of an internal combustion-engine, and 4 has forlits object to provide a pipe conneo -tion betweenthe breather pipe, at the for wardend of the'engine, andv the enginecasj 5mg; ladjacent theyclutch' collar, 1 whereby i lubricant will .beconveyed and discharged onthe clutch collar when oilfis ponredf-into o io "p o d e ward end' of the I pipe with an upwardly eX-i tending"deflecting scoop} which will deflect oil into the 'pipe when V oil?v isbeing, poured; "through the breather "pipe the .orank cas f flinglof theengine; V I 1 1 With" he abov .iand 'otherjobjectsin View the inventionresi'desin "the -1 combination-and f larrangement of parts. Ihereinafter set, "forth; shown in the, drawing, described and f claimed,it beingnnderstoodZthat changes in" -thespreeise, embodiment of theinvention;

nay-be made within thejscjopeof what is claimed without departing fromthe spirit' i so ' "j of ithe inyentionvg In the, ;drawing:f j

r I "Figure 1, is a' sideelevati'on of a; conven gtional formoffinternal combustionfengine i showin'g the deviceapplied thereto. I

1 Figure: a; vertical sectional I view through a portion oi -thebreather; pipe of the engine showing,theflubricant' pipe ap-x ipliedfthereto. vj 5" -Figure3 is a perspective view of theoil coop cari'ied'bythe lubricant pipe V ,l-Referring to the }drawin g, the'ni'nneralfl designates} conventional form of rinternal combustionengine "and 2' the; breather pipe 1' at the iforward endthereof. T j ltjhasxbeen; f0und,,'that the slidabl eelutch controli'eol i larf 3 50fengines v of; this character are." not 1 properly flubrioated; lf'oon's'equently i become -i ,;-"stuck and work hard To'obviate thisdifli culty an inclinedpiPeBEisj brovided; one

14 in the breather pipe:"2-;and termii fateslin 5 into the crank casingfthrough thebre'ather pipe 2 at the'flforw'ard .end ,of tliefengine. Ifso; desired the device may be permanent? =1y attached to the engine, orattachedthere-T; to whene collaryof 'fan internal eombustion enginef Iwhereby every time I0il is poured into "the breather pipe of the engine,a portionther -theelutchjbol1ar; It will also "be-seentha a 'thegdev'iceis, simple in constructiom-inay tional form of internal 7combustionfjengine tion thereof," and the device manufactnrediand sold;

fried by said engine, of means for elubricating said p ull collar whenoil is poured intobreather: pipe and an upwardly Yineli end ofwhichextendsthroughan aperture an upwardly extending removable. apnea, 7scoop 5, the lower-"curved end 6 ofiwhiohfi engages in the forwardendvofthe-inclined160; tube 4; When oil is'pouredjinto the upper end ofthe-breatherlpipe Q -for 'fillingtlie g a "crank casing 7 of'the engine,thetaperedf scoop 5, which Tinclines ;upwardly'r towards thexaizis ofthe breather 'pipe; will scoopfa lfii streamthereof and' oausefthe'sameto-flowinto the pipe'S'. Thefrearend of-thepi'pe lfl V V hasdetachably conneotedthe'retoan angn M larly sh'aped pipe v8 whioh'extends' into the Q, g) rear end of the engine to a position where. r

lubricant which fiows, vthrough the 'pip'e'3' I and pipe; 8 willbedischarged onto the clutch oo1lari2fi thereby thoroughlylubri 1*eatingthe clutch collar atjthe rearv end ofz' the engine every timelubricant; is poured 80 I "erfit is desired tolubricatethe clutch.'j Ior From the 'ab'oveit will be seen that jlubr-i-' I eating means isprovide-d fforthe c lutch t of willflow towa'rds and be'discha'r'gedonto beveasilyandquickly applied"toaeionve without materially alteringthe c' onstru nm yi rb he pl fl j Theinvention having'been set" frthewliitiR v is claimedas'new and useful a 1. Th'ejcombination with annfemn combustion engine; abreather-pipe"carried said engine; and throughwhich oil is'fadapt- I ed tob'e poured, and a clutch pull'o11a1-;ca1;-,;g

the breather pipe; sa'idirneans' comprising a; I v pip e jextending'into s-tli'e passagej of kthe scoop carried by; saidyspipe andinclinedlt wards' the axis 7 of the; breatlier-g-nipe and:

collar, said means comprising a pipe, the

forward end of said pipe extending into the breather pipe and anupwardly extending y scoop disposed within the breather pipe andconnected to the forward end of the pipe, the rear end of said pipebeing disposed adjacent the pull collarx;v y; j

-In-testiinony whereof l have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

V WALTER P. FLYNN. Witnesses:

h W. .H. LEGG, J. C. HURLEY.

